Welcome to tickertape.org

Tickertape.org is the home of tickertape text messaging via the
Elvin event
router. Tickertape is an evolution of instant messaging (IM)
that integrates text messaging into the desktop. It combines the
traditional forum-based chat service provided by popular IM clients
with automated broadcast announcements such as news feeds.

Initial public release of a new tickertape client for Mac.
You can download it from here.

aquatik 1.7.1 released [February 18, 2009]

Properly support tickertape V3.0 protocol (thanks to patch from Matthew Phillips).
All users are advised to upgrade to this release.
You can download it from here.

xtickertape 2.0 released [March 10, 2009]

Only nine years after the 1.6.6 release, the last non-prerelease
of xtickertape, comes the 2.0 release. The changes since 1.6.6 are
too numerous to mention here, but many bugs have been fixed since
2.0rc1, most notably xtickertape no longer crashes when reloading
keys and groups. Only packaging tweaks since the internal-only 2.0rc2
release. [download]

Sticker 3.1.0 final released [Feb 6, 2009]

The final release of Sticker version 3.1 is now available. This
release fixes a bug in changing presence groups in Avis, and
corrects a number of minor user interface glitches on Mac OS X and
Linux. See
the release
notes for a full list of changes. You can download it from
here.

Sticker 3.1.0 release candidate 2 released [Feb 27, 2007]

The second release candidate of Sticker version 3.1 is now
available. This release adds support for Intel Macs and should fix
the remaining serious peformance bugs on Mac OS X. It also
includes a minor UI refresh for Windows and Unix users. See
the release
notes for a full list of changes. You can download it from
here.

aquatik 1.5.1 released [November 18, 2005]

Now with Growl
support: aquatik will optionally install Growl and emit growl
notifications for further display options.
Growl display options are individually configurable for each Chat
and News channel.
You can download it from here.

aquatik 1.4 released [October 23, 2005]

Fixes some important bugs and supports tickertape v3 formats.
All users are advised to upgrade to this release.
You can download it from here.

Sticker 3.1.0 release candidate 1 released [June 29, 2005]

The first release candidate of Sticker version 3.1 is now
available. This release should fix most outstanding bugs and adds
a number of small but handy features. It also significantly
improves support for Mac OS X and Linux and should now be fully
functional on those platforms. See the release
notes for a full list of changes. You can download it from
here.

tick 2.0.8 released [October 10, 2004]

Now BSD licensed and supports tickertape v3 formats

Sticker 3.1.0 beta 2 released [October 1, 2004]

The second beta release of Sticker version 3.1 is now
available. This fixes a serious bug in 3.1.0b1 and is a highly
recommended update for all beta users. Please see the
release
notes for a list of changes. You can download it from
here.

Sticker 3.1.0 beta 1 released [September 6, 2004]

The first beta release of Sticker version 3.1 is now
available. Please see the
release
notes for a list of changes since 3.0.0. You can download it
from
here.

Sticker 3.0.0 released [December 8, 2003]

We are pleased to announce the final release of Sticker version
3.0.0. Please see the release notes
for a list of changes since the beta 2 release. Download it from
here.